![]() ![]() The Pixel 5 launched in nine countries: Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the U.S., and Canada. It's also limited to a single storage size, 128GB, with no option for expansion through microSD. If you're able to find it on sale, the Pixel 5 usually costs around $500 USD and is available in two colors, Sorta Sage (green) and Just Black, and in one size configuration - there is no Pixel 5 XL, unless you count the cheaper Pixel 4a 5G (you shouldn't). ![]() In 2020, still a year away from the ambitious Pixel 6 series, the middle was exactly where Google wanted to be. Its success, and the Pixel 4 series' subsequent failure, made it clear what needed to happen: as nearly every smartphone maker went higher and higher, exploring new materials, form factors, and technologies, Google wasn't going anywhere. In 2019, though, Google seemingly found its footing with the Pixel 3a, a $399 handset that refactored how the company builds phones. As the classic Stealers Wheel song goes, they were stuck in the middle with you. At the high-end, Pixel phones could never compete with Samsung, LG, Huawei, and OnePlus (among others) on sheer brute-force specs and on the value side, Pixels cost too much to attract the value-conscious buyers of Motorola and Nokia products. But influence doesn't sell phones, and Google's Sisyphean journey to bring its own Android experience to more people just hasn't really worked. ![]()
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